I am trying to figure how she would have said "kamikaze pilot." Was
that her guess for the category? If not, what was her incorrect guess.

--- In PyramidGameShowFanClub@yahoogroups.com, "eligruber"
<eligruber@...> wrote:
>
> Wow. I took your advice and looked in the archives and you clearly
> have much more information than I remember. I must have been in a fog
> because I lost the game to Natalie. I remember I was upset because I
> had to give Lynn 'Ready, Aim, Fire!', and every clue I could think of
> contained one of the words in the answer. So, I held my hands up like
> I was holding a rifle and said virtually nothing while I thought
> up...and then rejected potential clues! Needless to say, I lost a lot
> of time on that one. I also had difficulty because Lynn was British
> and had different word associations. For example, I had to give her
> 'Gesundheit'. And when I said What follows a sneeze?, she said God
> Bless You!
>
> The incident mentioned with Nora Chester from the Thursday show was
> very funny. I was sitting behind Edie and Tony (the contestant
> coordinators) when she was at the Pyramid for the $15,000 try. She
> was stuck on What Confucious Says, and was really frustrated.
> Suddenly, her face lit up as she realized she had found the answer.
> She leapt out of her chair and yelled 'Kamikaze Pilot!' and was
> dumbfounded when the winning music did not play! Edie and Tony were
> doubled over with laughter (as were all of us). But when she finally
> won (which gave me and Natalie the opportunity to play), she danced up
> and down the aisles.
>
> I have a bunch of photos from that episode. Mostly of me and Lynn,
> though.
>
> Edie was great...and tough. There was a man who appeared on (I think)
> the Tuesday show. For some reason, he was very quiet and stiff when
> he played. I remember Edie turning to Tony and saying quite loudly
> "Tony, what the F**k is the matter with him!" During the lunch break,
> she mentioned there were a bunch of sodas, and 1 beer. The beer was
> for her, of course! But what amazed me about her, was that I had a
> friend who appeared on the show the previous summer, and Edie
> remembered every detail about her appearance. I mean, how many
> contestants does she meet...and she remembers such detail? Anyway, it
> was fun to relive the memory.
>